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Snowflake Sensory Bag
CDA Competency Standard: I.3.2b
Snowflake Sensory Bag
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Early Literacy
(1 hour / .1 CEU) Tuition: $10.50 Stages of Cognitive Development in Infants (1 hour / .1 CEU) Tuition: $10.50 
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Benefits of Sensory Play
Watermelon Sensory Rice
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Even before children can speak, they are developing an understanding of things in their environment by actively exploring them with all their senses. As they become more verbal, they are able to describe similarities and differences in what they see, hear, taste, touch, and smell. For example, each time a child explores sand, he is confirming his previous explorations and discoveries that sand is dry, gritty, and so forth, and he will eventually notice other materials that share those same characteristics.
Children develop and strengthen new motor skills through shaping, molding, scooping, dumping and splashing — these actions all support the development of small and large muscles. For instance, holding a scoop to fill and dump sensory materials works many muscles used in other parts of the children’s day, as when they hold a cup or spoon at mealtimes. |